OTC Elite heads to Penn Relays, Stanford

No changes to report on Oregon's tentative entry list for the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford on Sunday.

Last Saturday at the Oregon Relays, UO director of track and field Vin Lananna said Jordan Hasay (1,500), Steve Finley (3,000 steeplechase) and Claire Michel (3,000 steeplechase) would represent the Ducks at the meet.

Final declarations should be released on Thursday.

Elsewhere, Oregon Track Club Elite will have a busy weekend.

According to OTC Elite spokesperson Becky Radliff, both Nick Symmonds and Russell Brown are slated to run in the USA vs. The World distance medley relay at the Penn Relays on Saturday. In addition, Lachlan Renshaw is scheduled to run the 800 for the Australian DMR team.

No word yet on which legs Symmonds and Brown will run. There are two U.S. teams in the race, along with Morocco, Kenya, Ethiopia, Canada and Australia.

Seven other OTC Elite athletes are expected to compete at Stanford.

Sally Kipyego, who posted a world-leading time of 4:06 in the 1,500 at the Oregon Relays last Friday, is hoping to get the "A" standord for the World Championships in the 10,000. Chris Thompson and Kevin Chelimo will run in the men's 10,000.

Genna Gall and Bridget Franek are entered in the 1,500; Ben Bruce competes in the 3,000 steeplechase and Stephen Pifer is entered in the 1,500.

Curtis Anderson covered UO track and field for The Register-Guard from 1990-96, and again since 2005. He covered the 2012 Olympic Games in London, in addition to the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in New Orleans (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Hayward Field (2008 and 2012). He is the winner of the Jesse Abramson Award, presented by the Track & Field Writers of America for excellence in coverage in 2008.